m. (in vedānta-) the power of separating the invisible Spirit from the visible world (or spirit from matter, truth from untruth, reality from mere semblance or illusion)
विवेकः 1 Discrimination, judgment, discernment, discretion; काश्यपि यातस्तवापि च विवेकः Bv.1.68,66; ज्ञातो$यं जलधर तावको विवेकः 96; विवेकभ्रष्टानां भवति विनिपातः शतमुखः Bh.2.1. -2 Consideration, discussion, investigation; यच्छृङ्गारविवेकतत्त्वमपि यत् काव्येषु लीलायितम् Gīt.12; so द्वैत˚, धर्म˚. -3 Distinction, difference, discriminating (between two things); नीरक्षीरविवेके हंसालस्यं त्वमेव तनुषे चेत् Bv.1.13; एकतामिव गतस्य विवेकः कस्यचिन्न महतो$प्युपलेभे Ki.9.12; Bk.17.6. -4 (In Vedānta phil.) The power of distinguishing between the visible world and the invisible spirit, or of separating reality from mere semblance or illusion. -5 True knowledge. -6 A receptacle for water, basin, reservoir. -Comp. -ख्यातिः right knowledge. -ज्ञ a. judicious, discriminative; ते धन्यास्ते विवेकज्ञास्ते शस्या इह भूतले । आगच्छन्ति गृहे येषां कार्यार्थं सुहृदो जनाः ॥ Pt.1.262,387. -ज्ञानम् the faculty of discrimination. -दृश्वन् m. a discerning man; विवेकदृश्वत्व- मगात् सुराणाम् Bk.2.46. -पदवी reflection, consideration. -परिपन्थिन् obstructing right judgment. -भाज् a. wise. -मन्थरता feebleness of judgment. -विरहः ignorance, folly. -विश्रान्त a. foolish, unwise.
m. [√ vik] discrimination, distinction; investigation, discussion, criti cism; discernment, judgment: -khyâti, f. correct judgment; -gña, a. having correct knowledge, of (--°ree;); -gñâna, n.correct know ledge; -bhâg, a. discerning; -manthara-tâ, f. feebleness of judgment; -rahita, pp. lacking an interstice (breasts) and lacking discern ment; -vat, a. judicious, discerning.
m. want of discrimina tion; lack of judgment; a. lacking judgment: -tâ, f. abst. n.; -in, a. undivided; lacking insight; having no discriminating people.
noun (masculine) (in Vedānta) the power of separating the invisible spirit from the visible world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a water trough (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
consideration (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discretion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discrimination (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discussion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
distinction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
investigation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
right judgment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the faculty of distinguishing and classifying things according to their real properties (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
true knowledge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) absence of judgment or discrimination (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
non-separation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
nondistinction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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